Oh, False One, You Have Deceived Me! Lyrics

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The Pirates of Penzance the Musical - Oh, False One, You Have Deceived Me! Lyrics


The song is written by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert.

FREDERIC:
Oh, false one, you have deceived me!

RUTH:
I have deceived you?

FREDERIC:
Yes, deceived me!

FREDERIC & RUTH:
You told me you were fair as gold!
And, master, am I not so?
And now I see you're plain and old!
I'm sure I'm not a jot so!
Upon my innocence you play
I'm not the one to plot so
Your face is lined, your hair is grey
It's gradually got so

FREDERIC:
Faithless woman, to deceive me,
I who trusted so!

RUTH:
Master, master, do not leave me!
Hear me, ere you go!

FREDERIC & RUTH:
Faithless woman!
Master, master
Faithless woman
Master, master

RUTH:
Do not leave me,
Do not leave me,
Hear me ere you go!
Master, master
Do not leave me
Hear me ere you go

FREDERIC:
Faithless woman
To deceive me,
I who trusted so!
Faithless woman
to deceive me
I who trusted so!

RUTH:
My love without reflecting,
Oh, do not be rejecting!
Take a maiden tender,
Her affection raw and green.
At very highest rating,
Has been accumulating,
Summer seventeen
Summer seventeen
Don't, beloved master,
Crush me with disaster
What is such a dower
To the dower I have here?

Don't, beloved master,
Crush me with disaster
What is such a dower
To the dower I have here?    

FREDERIC:
Yes, your former master
Saves you from disaster;
Your love would be uncomfort-
ably vivid, it is clear

FREDERIC & RUTH:
My love unabating
if as you are stating
Has been accumulating
It's been accumulating
Forty seven year
Forty seven year!
Forty seven year!

FREDERIC:
Faithless woman, to deceive me
I who trusted so!

RUTH:
Master, master
Do not leave me,
Here me ere I go!    

FREDERIC:
Faithless woman
To deceive me
I who trusted so!

FREDERIC:
What shall I do? Before these gentle maidens
I dare not show in this alarming costume!
No, no, I must remain in close concealment
Until I can appear in decent clothing!



Review: The Pirates of Penzance the Musical Lyrics


The Pirates of Penzance the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Pour, O Pour The Pirate Sherry
When Frederic Was A Little Lad
Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
Oh, False One, You Have Deceived Me!
Climbing Over Rocky Mountain
Stop, Ladies, Pray!
Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
Poor Wandering One
What Ought We To Do?
How Beautifully Blue The Sky
Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses
Hold, Monsters!
I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
Oh, Men of Dark and Dismal Fate
Oh, Dry The Glistening Tear
Then Frederic